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Syria; North Korea

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (R) meeting Abdullah al-Ahmar, deputy general secretary of Syria's ruling Baath Party, on a visit to Pyongyang in 2013

A key supplier of Syria’s chemical weapons? North Korea.

April 21, 2017Conflict

The civil wars raging in Syria are pretty horrific for most people involved. But for North Korea, the carnage has had a silver lining. They’ve made a ton of money selling weapons and ammunition.

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